For more information on forest pests and diseases

• The CTAHR Sustainable Agriculture site features a special section on Sustainable Pest Control for the Tropics. The site includes many presentations from a January 2003 workshop in Hilo, Hawaii.
  
  
• The CTAHR Knowledge Master describes pests and diseases of many agricultural crops in Hawaii. A few pests of forest trees, such as the black twig borer and Fusarium fungus, are also listed.
  
  
• Insects may be identified and plant diseases diagnosed for a fee by the CTAHR Agricultural Diagnostic Service Center.
  
  
• The Hawaii Extension Pesticide Programs home page has information on the Pesticide Risk Reduction Education Program (formerly Pesticide Applicator Training), Special Local Need Registrations for Hawaii, and the Hawaii Pesticide Information Retrieval System (HPRIS). HPIRS is an index to agricultural-use pesticide labels licensed for sale in Hawaii by the Hawaii State Department of Agriculture, including some pesticides with forestry and nursery uses.
  
  
• The UH Termite Project web page includes information for both builders and homeowners and features pages on naturally durable woods (including some Hawaii-grown woods) and wood preservatives.
  
  
• Plant Disease of the Week is a series of online, illustrated bulletins on plant diseases and plant health issues, many regarding native and forest tree species.
  
  
• Articles on Acacia koa diseases and associated fungi and koa wilt appear on the University of Hawaii Botany Department web site.
  
  
• The Hawaii Ecosystems at Risk website has pages featuring plant pathogens of Hawaii.
  
  
• The USDA Forest Service Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry works on bio-control of invasive alien plants, particularly strawberry guava or waiawi (Psidium cattleianum), cane tibouchina, and miconia.
  
  
• The Hawaii Department of Agriculture Pesticides Branch posts lists of licensed pesticides and current 24(c) [Special Local Needs] registered pesticieds for Hawaii.